Lucita TongSenior Planner

Lucita Tong is a planning professional with more than 10 years of planning experience through her work in long range and current planning for public and private sector clients. Formerly a Planning Services Manager, she is experienced in managing advance and current planning programs, general plans, specific plans, zoning code amendments, and management of large and small scale development projects from initial inception through project completion. Lucita has a Master’s Degree in Planning from the University of Southern California, School of Public Policy and Planning and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, San Diego.ltong

About Us

Civic Solutions, Inc. (CSI) was founded in 1991 by Thomas G. Merrell, AICP, initially serving a few cities in Orange County.

Today, CSI has grown to serve clients throughout California with full-time professional planners at all levels of expertise who share our passion for public agency planning and a commitment to serving in the public interest. We provide economic development, revitalizaton and urban design services through a specialized division of the firm, Downtown Solutions.

Our Core Values

In serving our public agency clients, we . . .
• promote the public interest
• work for the betterment of the community
• have no conflicts of interest
• provide the highest standard of quality
• are responsive to our clients
• work efficiently, yet keep our services competitive
• use the latest state of the art technology
• are a leader in the profession and the best in the field